My TijarahThe FluencyWorkbook
Eight sheets to fill in while you readThe Road to Fluency in Arabic.
The companion to the guide
Print it. Write on it. Print it again.
There’s nothing to study here. Pick the sheet you need, fill it in, and print a fresh one when it’s full.
Each sheet names the page of The Road to Fluency in Arabic it goes with. Keep that page open beside you.
Print single-sided. The one sheet goes on the wall. Six sheets are made to run out, so keep small stacks of the ones you use most.
- 01The one sheetNothing. It goes on the wall.The verb, in ten shapes
- 02The root sheetPrint again as neededOne root, and the family it makesOne root, a whole family
- 03The ten shapesPrint again as neededOne root, bent ten waysThe verb, in ten shapes
- 04The sentence sheetPrint again as neededOne line of Arabic, taken apartEight ideas that open sentences
- 05The word logPrint again as neededWords you meet, as you meet themA hundred words, half the Qur’an
- 06The review sheetPrint again as neededWhat to review, and whenHow to stop forgetting
- 07Out loudPrint again as neededSix sentences you make and sayThe daily habit
- 08The same lineOne line, read again every few monthsSix steps, and no stopwatch
Tonight, in about 10 minutes
Read sheet 02 aloud, all ten words with their English. Cover the English and give what you can. Then find ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ, “the worlds”, in Al-Fatiha 1:2. Its root is ع ل م too, and you say it in every rak’ah.
The one sheet
The tables you’ll keep reaching for.
Print this page on its own and pin it where you study. Then the guide can stay shut.
The verb, in ten shapes
| Shape | Pattern | What the shape adds |
|---|---|---|
| I | فَعَلَfa’ala | The bare meaning of the rootعَلِمَ he knew |
| II | فَعَّلَfa’’ala | Made to happen, or done intenselyعَلَّمَ he taught |
| III | فَاعَلَfā’ala | Done to or with another partyجَاهَدَ he strove against |
| IV | أَفْعَلَaf’ala | Caused to happenأَنْزَلَ he sent down |
| V | تَفَعَّلَtafa’’ala | Shape II, turned back on the doerتَعَلَّمَ he learned |
| VI | تَفَاعَلَtafā’ala | Done to one anotherتَعَاوَنَ he cooperated |
| VII | اِنْفَعَلَinfa’ala | It happened, with no doer namedاِنْشَقَّ it split apart |
| VIII | اِفْتَعَلَifta’ala | Done for oneself, or with effortاِسْتَمَعَ he listened |
| IX | اِفْعَلَّif’alla | Colours, and little elseاِسْوَدَّ it turned black |
| X | اِسْتَفْعَلَistaf’ala | Seeking or asking for the meaningاِسْتَغْفَرَ he sought forgiveness |
Eight questions to ask of any word
- 1Is this word a noun, a verb or a particle?اسم فعل حرف
- 2What are its root letters?الجذر
- 3What shape is it in, and what does that shape add?الوزن
- 4Does this sentence start with a noun or a verb?الجملة الاسمية
- 5Are two nouns joined, as in “book of the student”?الإضافة
- 6Is a pronoun joined to its end? Who does it point to?الضمائر
- 7What ending is on it, and what put it there?الإعراب
- 8Read it again without looking anything up. What does it say?السياق
One root, ten words
ع ل م
The idea of knowing
عَلِمَ
he knew
عَلَّمَ
he taught
تَعَلَّمَ
he learned
اِسْتَعْلَمَ
he enquired
عِلْم
knowledge
عَالِم
a scholar
مُعَلِّم
a teacher
مَعْلُوم
known
تَعْلِيم
teaching
عَلِيم
all-knowing
The root sheet
One root, and the family it makes.
In the guide
One root, a whole family
This one is filled in with the root the guide uses. The next sheet is the same, but empty.
The root
What it is about
The idea of knowing
Shape I
عَلِمَ
he knew
Shape II
عَلَّمَ
he taught
Shape V
تَعَلَّمَ
he learned
Shape X
اِسْتَعْلَمَ
he enquired
The act, shape I
عِلْم
knowledge
The doer
عَالِم
a scholar
The doer, shape II
مُعَلِّم
a teacher
The one it is done to
مَعْلُوم
known
The act, shape II
تَعْلِيم
teaching
The intensive
عَلِيم
all-knowing
The root sheet
One root, and the family it makes.
In the guide
One root, a whole family
Pick a root you keep meeting. Fill in what you can and leave the rest. Come back when you meet another word from the family.
The root
What it is about
Shape I
Shape II
Shape V
Shape X
The act, shape I
The doer
The doer, shape II
The one it is done to
The act, shape II
The intensive
The ten shapes
One root, bent ten ways.
In the guide
The verb, in ten shapes
The patterns are printed. The root is yours. Most roots don’t come in every shape, so leave those rows blank.
The root
What it is about
The sentence sheet
One line of Arabic, taken apart.
In the guide
Eight ideas that open sentences
Copy out a line you read today. Go along it word by word and answer what you can. Blanks are fine.
The line
Where it is fromThe word log
Words you meet, as you meet them.
In the guide
A hundred words, half the Qur’an
Fill a row when you meet a word in your reading, not from a list. Leave the root and the shape blank if you can’t find them yet.
The review sheet
What to review, and when.
In the guide
How to stop forgetting
Write a word, a shape or a rule on the left. Tick a box only when you remembered it without looking. If you couldn’t, start it again on a new row.
Out loud
Six sentences of your own.
In the guide
The daily habit
Make them from what you studied today. Write each one, then say it. Alone is fine. A mistake said out loud is one a teacher can correct.
The same line
One line, months apart.
In the guide
Six steps, and no stopwatch
Write one line of Arabic at the top today. Every few months, come back and write what you can make of it, with no help. Fill the new row before you read the old ones.
The line
Where it is fromDate
What I can make of it today
Date
What I can make of it today
Date
What I can make of it today
Date
What I can make of it today
Date
What I can make of it today
What a workbook can’t do
Somebody has to check these.
You can fill every sheet on your own, and much of it will be right. The rest is the hard part. You can’t hear your own accent. And a line you think you understood looks just like one you did.
Trial booked? Bring this workbook to your first lesson
- Open a sentence sheet (04) you filled in. Ask which of your answers are wrong.
- Read two sentences from sheet 07 aloud. Ask your teacher to correct each one.
- Point to the row of the ten shapes you keep mixing up.
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